Thanks - you'd think I would have thought to look there before asking huh? OK, so I followed this line paternally to it's where it ended at Joao Rodrigues Teixeira (no wife named) who is the father of Lourenco Rodrigues Teixeira who married Breitas Alves. Here Leandro has these notes: DE ACORDO COM LIVRO FAMILIAS DE GAULA DE J LOURENCO DIAS DE GOUVEIA PAG 585 PRIMO DE TRISTAO DE VAZ TEIXEIRA. FOI UM DOS PRIMEIROS POVOADORES DA GAULA. FEZ ASSENTAMENTO NAS TERRAS DE LANCAROTE TEIXEIRA ONDE CHEGOU POR VOLTA DE 1460/1470. TERIA SE CASADO POR VOLTA DE 1450. NAO SE SABE O NOME DA ESPOSA So, now my question is - can anyone tell me just how this Joao Rodrigues Teixeira comes to be a cousin to Tristao Vaz Teixeira? Also I'd appreciate a translation of most of the rest of this as I only understand pieces of it. Thanks! Cece _____ From: Miguel de Castro Henriques [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 5:52 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [PT-MADEIRA] Francisco de Gois and Maria Jeronima On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Cece Camara <[email protected]> wrote: Francisco de Góis Maria Jerónima Santa Cruz 1635 835 72 v.º Anyone have this couple? I am looking for the parents of Maria Jeronima (whom I have referred to elsewhere as Maria Jeronima da Mata) That's right. Check Leandro's site, he's got it right. Francisco de Gois is actually Francisco de Gois Cardoso, son of Antonio Teixeira de Gois and Catharina Bras. My direct ancestors, too. And the link to the Cardosos from Portugal. Thanks & Merry Christmas Eve! Feliz Natal Miguel ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.430 / Virus Database: 270.14.116/2580 - Release Date: 12/23/09 19:02:00